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"Jewel thief Edouard takes refuge from the authorities and womenfolk in the Amazonian forest, but his peace is soon disturbed by the appearance of a strange young girl, Lulu. Intelligent way beyond her years, Lulu reveals that she is an extra-terrestrial – a fact which makes her the subject of a search by a commando unit and an astronomer Dr Margaux. Unfortuantely, Lulu has forgotten to bring with her the anti-ageing pills which keep her young. Within a matter of hours, she will have aged to death…"

This sixth collaboration of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and director Philippe de Broca is one to be avoided at all costs. De Broca’s imagination and energy have clearly been depleted by this stage in his career, although it would take an army of Fellinis to make anything special of the trite nonsense that masquerades as a screenplay. Add to that a distinctly lacklustre performance from Belmondo and a hypoactive Arielle Dombasle at her most painfully annoying (she's obviously auditioning for a job as a presenter on childen's TV) and what you get is very probably the most excruciatingly bad piece of “family entertainment” for centuries.

Credits

Director:

Philippe de Broca

Script:

Philippe de Broca, Serge Frydman

Photo:

Jean-François Robin

Music:

Alexandre Desplat

Cast:

Jean-Paul Belmondo (Edouard), Arielle Dombasle (Margot), Patrick Bouchitey (Jeff Benard), Thylda Barès (Lulu), André Penvern (Colonel de Villeneuve), Jackie De la Nuez (Old chief), Ronny Bandomo Casanova (Little boy), Carlos Padrón (Lab doctor), Fernando Echevarría (Chinese), Daniel Hernandez (Cab driver)

Runtime:

88 min

Aka:

Amazon